CompTIA CySA+® Certification (PLA)

The CompTIA CySA+ Cyber Security Analyst course syllabus is comprehensive, covering a range of topics and concepts essential to the role of a Cyber Security Analyst. When you enrol onto this course, you can expect to learn:

CySA+ E-Learning Syllabus

• Lesson 1: Understanding Vulnerability Response, Handling, and Management
• Lesson 2: Exploring Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting Concepts
• Lesson 3: Explaining Important System and Network Architecture Concepts
• Lesson 4: Understanding Process Improvement in Security Operations
• Lesson 5: Implementing Vulnerability Scanning Methods
• Lesson 6: Performing Vulnerability Analysis
• Lesson 7: Communicating Vulnerability Information
• Lesson 8: Explaining Incident Response Activities
• Lesson 9: Demonstrating Incident Response Communication
• Lesson 10: Applying Tools to Identify Malicious Activity
• Lesson 11: Analysing Potentially Malicious Activity
• Lesson 12: Understanding Application Vulnerability Assessment
• Lesson 13: Exploring Scripting Tools and Analysis Concepts
• Lesson 14: Understanding Application Security and Attack Mitigation Best Practices

Online Practical Labs

• Assisted Lab: Exploring the Lab Environment
• Assisted Lab: Configuring Controls
• Assisted Lab: Reviewing IoC and Threat Intelligence Sources
• Assisted Lab: Performing Threat Hunting
• Assisted Lab: Configuring Centralized Logging
• APPLIED LAB: Performing System Hardening
• Assisted Lab: Assess Time Synch Errors
• Assisted Lab: Configuring Automation
• Assisted Lab: Performing Asset Discovery
• Assisted Lab: Performing Vulnerability Scanning
• Assisted Lab: Performing Passive Scanning
• Assisted Lab: Establishing Context Awareness
• Assisted Lab: Analysing Vulnerability Reports
• Assisted Lab: Detecting Legacy Systems
• APPLIED LAB: Performing Post-Incident Forensic Analysis
• APPLIED LAB: Performing IoC Detection and Analysis
• ADAPTIVE LAB: Performing Playbook Incident Response
• APPLIED LAB: Collecting Forensic Evidence
• Assisted Lab: Performing Root Cause Analysis
• APPLIED LAB: Using Network Sniffers
• APPLIED LAB: Researching DNS and IP Reputation
• Assisted Lab: Using File Analysis Techniques
• Assisted Lab: Analysing Potentially Malicious Files
• Assisted Lab: Using Nontraditional Vulnerability Scanning Tools
• APPLIED LAB: Performing Web Vulnerability Scanning
• Assisted Lab: Exploiting Weak Cryptography
• Assisted Lab: Performing and Detecting Directory Traversal and Command Injection
• Assisted Lab: Performing and Detecting Privilege Escalation
• Assisted Lab: Performing and Detecting XSS
• Assisted Lab: Performing and Detecting LFI/RFI
• Assisted Lab: Performing and Detecting SQLi
• Assisted Lab: Performing and Detecting CSRF
• APPLIED LAB: Detecting and Exploiting Security Misconfiguration

Exams

CompTIA CySA+ CS0-003 Exam Details

• Exam Code: CS0-003
• Certification: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
• Exam Duration: 165 minutes
• Number of Questions: Maximum of 85 questions
• Question Type: Multiple Choice and Performance-Based
• Passing Score: 750 (on a scale of 100-900)
• Language: English
• Exam Purpose: The CySA+ exam verifies the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to apply threat detection techniques, perform data analysis, and interpret the results to identify vulnerabilities, threats, and risks to an organisation with the end goal of securing and protecting applications and systems within an organisation.

Please note that CompTIA certification exams, policies and procedures are subject to change, so please check the official CompTIA website for the most current information before your exam.

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